Animal Planet’s ‘Puppy Bowl X’ Fantasy Game Launches, New Details Revealed...
Animal Planet’s ”Puppy Bowl” is back and celebrating its 10th year on this February’s coming Super Bowl Sunday, and the cable channel that provides the cuddly alternative programming is ramping up its...
View ArticleLena Dunham, ‘The New Queen of Comedy,’ Talks About Sex on ‘Girls’ For Vogue...
Lena Dunham is the “new Queen of Comedy,” according to the new cover of Vogue that features the “Girls” creator. While the 27-year-old actress, writer, director and producer wasn’t exactly comfortable...
View ArticleHarrison Ford Joins Blake Lively, Ellen Burstyn in Drama ‘Age of Adaline’
Harrison Ford has signed on to join Blake Lively and Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn in “The Age of Adaline,” a romantic drama that is a co-production between Lionsgate, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and...
View ArticleNew Line’s ‘Conjuring’ Spinoff ‘Annabelle’ Casts Its Leads (Exclusive)
New Line is moving forward with a spinoff of “The Conjuring,” as Annabelle Wallis (“Peaky Blinders”) and Ward Horton are set to star in the low-budget horror movie “Annabelle,” TheWrap has learned....
View Article‘American Idol’ Season 13 Review: Musicality Takes Center Stage Again
Television talent shows like to say that it’s not about the judges. Of course, every season that’s indeed proven wrong. “American Idol” returns for its thirteenth season and its producers have teased...
View ArticleCBS’s Nina Tassler on Whether ‘Big Brother’ Housemates Will Get Smarter
CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler defended “Big Brother” as a “social experiment” after she was questioned Wednesday about whether CBS will try to find contestants who are “not as dumb or mean.”...
View ArticleRep. Waxman on Tribune Meeting: ‘My Concern About the Fate of the Los Angeles...
Rep. Henry Waxman said Wednesday that his staff had a “helpful meeting” with the general counsel and the chief financial officer of the Tribune Co., but his concerns remain about the company’s plans to...
View ArticleHBO Renews ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ for 13th Season
HBO has renewed “Real Time With Bill Maher” for the show’s 13th season, the pay-TV cable channel said on Wednesday. The politics-based comedy program, which bows its 12th season on Friday, brings HBO...
View ArticleSound Editors Nominate ‘Gravity,’’12 Years a Slave’
“12 Years a Slave” and “Gravity” have found themselves at the top of another awards race, leading all films in nominations for the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Awards. The two films each...
View ArticleMicrosoft Entertainment Exec Blair Westlake Resigns
Blair Westlake has resigned from Microsoft, where he worked for 10 years and most recently served as corporate vice president of the media and entertainment group. He licensed movies and TV shows for...
View ArticleCW Acquires Miniseries ‘Labyrinth,’ Orders 2 New Reality Competitions
The CW Network has acquired the four-hour event miniseries, “Labyrinth.” And it has given greenlights to two reality series: ”Barber Battle” hosted by Cedric the Entertainer and “Penn & Teller:...
View ArticleGoDigital, Variance Films Merging to Form New All-Rights Film Distributor:...
Putting another serious Sundance buyer on the board on the eve of the festival, digital movies aggregator GoDigital is merging with independent theatrical counterpart Variance Films to create an...
View ArticleUniversal to Release New ‘Grinch’ Movie, ‘Despicable Me 3′ in 2017
Universal will release “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” an upcoming movie based on the beloved kids’ tale, on Nov. 17, 2017. Illumination Entertainment, the animation studio with an...
View ArticleSony Wins Bidding War for Spy Novel ‘The Director’; Scott Rudin to Produce...
Sony Pictures has won a bidding war for David Ignatius’ spy novel “The Director,” which will reunite the “Captain Phillips” team of producer Scott Rudin and director Paul Greengrass, an individual...
View Article‘Ride Along’ Ready to Roll ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ at MLK Holiday Box Office
The Ice Cube-Kevin Hart comedy “Ride Along” looks ready to roll past “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” and reigning champ “Lone Survivor” at the box office over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, which...
View ArticleThe CW Cancels ‘Breaking Pointe’
“Breaking Pointe” will not go forward will not go forward with a third season, CW president Mark Pedowitz said at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday. The reality series...
View ArticleDakota Johnson Caught Between Straight Guy, Gay Dude in ‘Date and Switch’...
Lionsgate has released the first trailer for its low-budget comedy “Date and Switch,” which stars Nicholas Braun (“The Perks of Being a Wallflower”), newcomer Hunter Cope and Dakota Johnson of “Fifty...
View ArticleHamish Hamilton to Direct the 2014 Oscars
Former Oscars director Hamish Hamilton is returning to direct the 86th Annual Academy Awards, the show’s producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced on Wednesday, along with 12 other key members of...
View ArticleCW Chief Challenged: Why the Models in Slinky Dresses at TCA?
Models in slinky dresses are a trademark of the CW’s presentations to the Television Critics Association. On Wednesday, one of the critics asked why. At twice-annual TCA junkets, networks roll out...
View ArticleYahoo COO Henrique de Castro Out
Yahoo COO Henrique de Castro is leaving the company and his last day is Thursday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer hired her former Google...
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